by bsmith | Mar 4, 2010 | Business Financing, Casb Management Group Inc., Real Estate
Genius level thinking is not reserved only for highly mentally gifted. Geniuses have a system for how to work through problems, which they may or may not be conscious of. Once you learn the system, you can use it to solve problems the way geniuses do. The...
by bsmith | Mar 3, 2010 | Business Financing
How do you finance your business growth? Many entrepreneurs running small and medium sized businesses have found that corporate and personal credit cards can be a viable financing tool. They provide the purchasing power for a small business as it finances the gap...
by bsmith | Mar 2, 2010 | How I View The World
Michael Fletcher of newworldcoaching.com discusses in this topic in his March newsletter. Your homework assignment, should you choose to accept it, is as follows: Ask yourself these questions…get out a piece of paper and a pen and seriously write these answers down....
by bsmith | Feb 16, 2010 | Mortgages, Rant, Real Estate
I am writing this just minutes after Jim Flaherty’s February 16, 2010 press conference and typically I now have more questions than answers. I makes me nervous when the government feels they need to intervene to protect citizens from themselves. Call me a cynic, but...
by bsmith | Jan 27, 2010 | Real Estate
As prepared by Neil Uttamsingh, based on his experience as a real estate investor and in no particular order. 1) Status I have seen some people invest in real estate, and continue to invest in real estate over many years, in order to ’show off’. They invest because...
by bsmith | Jan 27, 2010 | Business Financing, Casb Management Group Inc.
Each year, Profit Magazine publishes its list of Canada’s Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies. Last year, Ian Portsmouth, Editor of Profit, took it upon himself to find out what these fast growing companies had in common in order to determine how to build a successful...
by bsmith | Jan 27, 2010 | Mortgages, Rant, Real Estate
If I hear another cute radio commercial promoting how bankruptcy could be the solution to stopping annoying creditor calls or to consolidate debt into “one easy payment” I believe I am going to pull out what’s left of my hair. How irresponsible – not to mention...
by bsmith | Jan 11, 2010 | Mortgages, Real Estate
I see that the Bank of Canada has backed off their earlier position in respect to mortgage rates as per my previous blog. In a speech in Edmonton, bank official David Wolf ruled out increasing interest rates to discourage mortgage lending. Wolf, an adviser to bank...
by bsmith | Jan 7, 2010 | Mortgages, Real Estate
December was a vibrant month for real estate sales in London and I have to admit being taken by surprise. Are we not facing record unemployment rates and a huge trade deficit? Perhaps the unemployment benefits have not yet expired? Low interest rates, the rush to beat...
by bsmith | Dec 7, 2009 | Business Financing
Lenders and entrepreneurs have different perspectives and different interests. These differences are ingrained, but good times can create a comfort level that obscures them. Now in times of tighter credit and a slower economy, these different interests are thrown into...
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